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Although making carpets in Donegal is an ancient tradition, the company Donegal Carpets is but 100 odd years old and was founded in 1898 by Scottish textile manufacturer Alexander Morton. Before establishing Donegal Carpets, Morton had first established a carpet crafting house on the west coast of Ireland and put to practice the techniques of the Donegal people who had been working with wool for generations. The first example of a Donegal carpet with Celtic designs was that carried out for the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for their offices at the Cork Exhibition in 1902. There is another earlier example, a small Celtic-ornamented altar carpet, a Morton's gift to the St Eunan's Cathedral, Letterkenny County ,Donegal, which was opened in June 1901.The altar carpet was designed by Signor Oreste Amici, a roman painter, who carried out the Celtic ornamental painting in the St Columba Chapel in 1900. The Mortons sold the company to a consortium called Donegal Carpets Ltd. in 1957. There were four manufacturing houses at one time in County Donegal but three of the four facilities closed during The Great Depression and in 1987 the last facility closed. Local Donegal people petitioned the government to help re-open them in 1997 and in 1999 they were making carpets again for places such as Áras an Uachtaráin, Dublin Castle and the University of Notre Dame. [edit]

DannyM8 Morning Danny! So do you think this is Donegal Carpets? And if so, where was it?

great document!

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DannyM8 Excellent, thank you. Now added to map...

A sign at the back says 'Donegal Carpets' ...
"Donegal Carpets is a trademark brand of handmade wool carpets produced in Killybegs, a town in County Donegal, Ireland. Donegal Carpets[1] can be found in Dublin Castle, the Royal Pavilion of Brighton, Eltham Palace, and the U.S. White House as well as many other parts of the world ... ..."

From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal_Carpets

We flew there on a magic carpet ride previously ...

Another sign, easier to read here - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000737992/ - says 'Donegal Real Hand Crafted Carpets for the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington ... '
Hmm ?? - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Garden_Hotel

beachcomber australia Donegal Carpets closed in 1987, according to your Wikipedia article, but...

Local Donegal people petitioned the government to help re-open them in 1997 and in 1999 they were making carpets again for places such as Áras an Uachtaráin, Dublin Castle and the University of Notre Dame.

HUZZAH!

[Aside] An earlier 1960s carpet's story - www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2022/12/27/piece-of-killybegs-...